Reduce the risks and increase the rewards

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Here is Gizmo in one of his normal positions with his head pulled all the way in. It is a protective position and all of the turtles often do this. It is safer for them as their neck is not exposed but it has a problem too. Gizmo can’t eat when he has his head [...]

The right path makes it much easier

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Watching the turtles occasionally causes a light bulb to go off in my old often befuddled brain. Last night was one of those occasions. Gizzard and Baby showed me the difference in effort needed to get what you want. The effort you put out is often times not enough because it is not the right [...]

Turtles home has moved

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Well my waiting to change the filter the other day turned into even more work than I thought it would. I did the change but the tank had gone bad and I could not recover it. We had talked about moving them anyhow so today we totally emptied the tank and moved it into the [...]